ramblingsteve
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- Comment on The Commodore Amiga was perfect 3 days ago:
The Amiga was difficult to program and lacked easily accessible documentation. A lot of software was developed to be ported across platforms like the Atari ST and dos, and so the Amiga often didn’t get the dedicated attention it required. At the time, people would compare the Amiga to the mega drive (genesis) and SNES - it was all about the games, while ignoring the fact that the Amiga could create and not just consume. If commodore had dropped a game from the bundles and stuffed some books and a couple of dev tools then the story might have been a bit different. They bundled deluxe paint and created a long lasting legacy of artists. If they included Amos or Blitz basic they might have played more into the bedroom programmer scene of the 80s, which dipped a bit during the console years and has seen a resurgence over the last decade, which is in no small part due to the proliferation of high quality development tools. If the scorpion engine had existed for the A1200 at the time, commodore might not have needed to worry about the hardware.
- Comment on When IBM Built a War Room for Executives 1 week ago:
It’s Interesting how Dunlop spent his life wrestling with a suffocating corporate command and control structure to implement a system to facilitate a suffocating corporate command and control structure, while Engelbart was presenting ways of facilitating the expression of ideas with the machine. Dunlop’s work with IBM is probably best left in the garage, along with IBM.
- Comment on Who is your favorite video game developer? 4 months ago:
Powerhoof and joy masher make some nice indie games.
- Comment on What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024? 5 months ago:
No computer should be without one! :D
- Comment on What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024? 5 months ago:
Robotron on mame and yar’s revenge on 2600.
- Comment on The Legend of DOOM Total Conversion 5 months ago:
i hope this works with brutal doom!
- Comment on What were your (now retro, but not at the time) gaming wow moments 5 months ago:
Yes! That is a true masterpiece that at the time set a new standard.
- Comment on What were your (now retro, but not at the time) gaming wow moments 5 months ago:
3 of them:
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watching an Amiga 500 load from disk having only seen 8bit games on tape. Everything that machine did at the time was like magic.
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watching the castle fly through intro for Unreal on PC when the first 3D accelerators appeared. Everything changed after that.
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experiencing the shark diving demo on PlayStation VR. And also how nothing changed after that! xD
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- Comment on New Genesis Patch Brings A Bunch Of Improvements To Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition 5 months ago:
working link to the rom hack: romhackplaza.org/…/jurassic-park-volcanic-edition…
- Comment on Unreal Tournament 2004 20 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective 9 months ago:
They’re not hostile to new players, but there are a lot of veterans.
- Comment on Unreal Tournament 2004 20 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective 9 months ago:
You know you’re old when games you still play quite regularly turn up in retro reviews! The community master server is still pretty well populated, as are UT '99 servers. These games are still the pinnacle of their genre. No micro transactions, no DRM, no pay to win. Just you, your shock rival, and as much amphetamine as your nerve endings will take.
- Comment on Usborne 1980s Computer Books 9 months ago:
these books were great. I still have the fantasy games one on my shelf.
- Comment on If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? 1 year ago:
Homeworld